Nigeria - Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in Nigeria was 46.57 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 46.92 in 2015, while its lowest value was 25.56 in 1984.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 32.05
1971 32.01
1972 32.33
1973 34.45
1977 32.21
1978 34.39
1979 33.60
1980 31.47
1981 33.42
1982 35.04
1983 28.91
1984 25.56
1986 41.20
1987 43.18
1989 43.38
1990 42.88
1999 46.77
2000 44.88
2001 44.64
2002 42.47
2004 43.63
2005 44.61
2006 44.15
2007 42.75
2008 44.69
2009 45.72
2010 45.84
2011 45.24
2012 46.86
2013 46.81
2014 46.33
2015 46.92
2016 46.57

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation